#8D40BE#8D40BE

#8D40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.194 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40BE
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 53.91, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 75.54, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1228 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.194 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1103, 13.0476, 50.0589)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40BE #71BE40

analogous

#4E40BE #8D40BE #BE40B0

triadic

#8D40BE #BE8D40 #40BE8D

tetradic

#8D40BE #BE4E40 #71BE40 #40B0BE

square

#8D40BE #BE4E40 #71BE40 #40B0BE

split-complementary

#8D40BE #B0BE40 #40BE4E

monochromatic

#492162 #6B3190 #8D40BE #A86DCE #C49BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8D40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8D40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40BE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40BE	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B66BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.194 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ad2',
    500: '#8d40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40be;
$custom-light: #b27ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53074,
    "c": 0.19352,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40BE

secondary

#A7C990

accent

#D94F85

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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